Linguistics 201: Introduction to Linguistic Theory
Section D
Spring 2008
Michael Key
Vital Information
Class meets: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 12:20-1:10
Room: Bartlett Hall 212
Office: South College 305
Hours: Wednesday 11:00-12:00, Friday 11:00-12:00, by appointment
E-mail: mkey@linguist.umass.edu
Phone: 413.577.0793 (office), 413.687.1841 (mobile)
Handouts, lecture notes, and homeworks
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Updated schedule for the course
Syllabus
Handouts and lecture notes
Homeworks
Exam 1 Answers
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A brief course description
Linguistics 201 is an introduction to the basic methodology and results of modern linguistics. The course focuses on developing, evaluating, and improving hypotheses concerning the structure of the language users' unconscious linguistic knowledge. This is accomplished by way of investigation of sentence structure (syntax), sound structure (phonology), word structure (morphology), and meaning (semantics). Linguistics 201 satisfies the UMass General Education Requirement "R2: Analytical Reasoning."
Textbook
The textbook is optional. It's Contemporary Linguistics, 5th edition by William O'Grady et al. 